State Facts

Do you know of any cool facts about your state, that other people might not know of? Or you find interesting?

Here are some facts about Wisconsin, you may know some already.

*Wisconsin is the cranberry capital of the WORLD. We produce over 2.1 billion barrels of cranberries!!
*Wisconsin is commonly known for cows, cheese, and beer
*The state bird is the American Robin
*Wisconsin became a state in 1848
*The state tree is the Maple
*The length of Wisconsin is 300 miles, the width is 280 miles
*Wisconsin has 14,927 lakes
*There is 108,000 miles of road in Wisconsin
*Horicon Marsh is the largest freshwater Cattail Marsh in the U.S.,
covering more than 32,000 acres.
*Wisconsin produces over 2.5 billion pound of cheese a year!!!
*Colby and brick cheese were the first two cheeses produced in Wisconsin
*Wisconsin is the largest producer of Ginseng in the U.S
*The first malted milk was made in Racine, Wisconsin in 1883
*Door county, Wisconsin, has more shoreline than anyother county in the United States. Over 250 miles.
*Wisconsin's deepest lake is Wazee Lake (by our cottage), it is over 300 feet deep. SCARRY! NEVER GOING TO SWIM/BOAT THERE!!!
*Georgia O'Keefe (a famous painter, deceased) was from
Wisconsin
*Harry Houdini, a famous magician, was raised in Wisconsin
*Carl Eliason, of St. Germain, Wisconsin, is the inventor of the snowmobile.

B.C. is a haven for bird watchers. It's estimated that over one million birds use the Pacific Flyway, two of the many species that use this corridor are the rufous hummingbirds and the Snow geese.

Animals include moose, Rocky Mountain elk, deer, woodland caribou, bighorn sheep, mountain goats, black bears, grizzly bears, cougars, and the hoary marmots. Subspecies of the black bear include the Kermode white bear that lives in the Terrace-Kitimat region and the glacier bear that's found in the northwest area of the province.

Sea life is abundant in B.C. coastal waters. Pacific gray whales migrate along the west coast of Vancouver Island, orcas (killer whales) live in the east coast water of Vancouver Island. Occasionally minke whales are seen, and recently humpback whales have been spotted. Harbour seals are common. There are Stellar and California sea lion colonies.

Five different species of salmon live in Pacific waters. Lingcod and halibut are also found in waters along the coast. B.C. inland streams and lakes offer cutthroat, rainbow and Dolly Varden trout and kokanee salmon.

British Columbia is the third largest and most westerly province in Canada, it's larger than any of the U.S. states, except Alaska, and is four times larger than Great Britain. The Yukon and Northwest Territories form B.C.'s northern border that stretches for 1062 km (669 mi.) along the 60th parallel, and to the east B.C. and the province of Alberta share a common boundary that runs in a northerly and southerly direction, as it follows the Rocky Mountains for 1545 km (973 mi.). To the south, British Columbia's neighbours are the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana, this border on the 49th parallel is 650 km (409 mi.) long. Forming the west boundary of B.C. is the Pacific Ocean. The distance of this coastline that includes the mainland and all islands is more than 27,000 km (16,900 mi.).

B.C.'s total land and freshwater area is 95 million hectares, larger than France and Germany combined. Only 30 countries are larger. British Columbia occupies about 10 per cent of Canada's land surface.

Since 1992 alone, over 4.8 million hectares of B.C. have been permanently protected, creating more than 340 new parks and protected areas and additions to existing sites. 10.8 million hectares --11.36 per cent of the province -- have now been set aside.

*New York was named after the Duke of York of England.
*Our state motto is excelsior ("Ever upward").
*New York city is one of, if not the largest city in the United States.
*"Uncle Sam," the national symbol, originated in Troy in the early 1800's.
*Radio City Music Hall, in New York City, is the world's largest indoor theater, seating 5,900.
*The first escalator was manufactored in New York City in 1899.
*The World Trade Center had the world's second tallest skyscrapers.
*The National Baseball Hall of Fame is in Cooperstown.
*New York City's theaters, museums, and concert halls make it a leading cultural center.

~Kay, Athena, Ace, Kiara, Mufasa, & Alice!"So baby take a axe to your makeup kit
Set ablaze the billboards and their advertisements
Love with all your hearts and never forget
How good it feels to be alive
And strive for your desire"
-rx bandits

A few Ohio facts:
Nickname: The Buckeye State
State Bird-Cardinal
State beverage- Tomato juice
Sate Animal- White-Tailed deer
State Fossil- Trilobite
State Gemstone-Flint
State Insect-Lady Bug
State Motto: "With God, All Things Are Possible"
State Name: comes from the Ohio River. It is an Iroquoian word meaning "great river"
State seal:
State Song: Beautiful Ohio
State Tree: Buckeye
State Wildflower: White Trillium

Geography:
The state of Ohio encompasses 41,330 square miles.
Ohio contains 88 counties.
Ashtabula is Ohio’s largest county with 711 square miles.
Lake is Ohio’s smallest county with 232 square miles.
Highest geographical point is Campbell Hill located in Bellefontaine at 1,550 ft.
Lowest geographical point is the Ohio River at 433 ft.
The geographic center of the state is located in Centerburg
in Knox County.

Hisotorical Facts:
-Marietta was Ohio’s first permanent settlement. It was founded in 1788 by General Rufus Putnam and named in honor of Marie Antoinette, then queen of France.

-Chillicothe was Ohio’s first capital. The Chillicothe statehouse was the first stone building erected in Ohio.

-The nation’s first interracial, coeducational college, Oberlin College, was founded in Oberlin in 1833.

-Cleveland became the world’s first city to be lighted
electrically in 1879 when Charles Brush successfully demonstrated arc lights on the streets.
-Ohio University, founded in 1804 in Athens, was the first university in Ohio and the Northwest Territory.

-In Marietta, John Gilman first used x-rays in surgery in 1896.

-8 Former President's were born inOhio, giving the state the nickname "the Mother of Presidents"
The 8 are: William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding

Here is some stuff about Indiana...I'll post more tomorrow when I get to school....I have bunches of stuff there....

Indiana
Facts, Map and State Symbols
Indiana Flag Printout/Quiz

Indiana was the 19th state in the USA; it became a state on December 11, 1816.
State Abbreviation - IN
State Capital - Indianapolis
Largest City - Indianapolis
Area - 36,420 square miles [Indiana is the 38th biggest state in the USA]
Population - 6,080,485 (as of 2000) [Indiana is the 14th most populous state in the USA]
Major Industries - agriculture (corn, soybeans, wheat), manufacturing, mining (coal, limestone), steel-making

Origin of the Name Indiana - Indiana is a word that refers to the local Indians.
State Nickname - Hoosier State
State Motto - "The Crossroads of America"
State Song - "On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away," by Paul Dresser

Indiana State Symbols and Emblems:
State Flag
The official state flag of Indiana was adopted in 1917. It was designed by Paul Hadley of Mooresville, Indiana; he won a flag design contest sponsored by the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) for Indiana's 100th anniversary of statehood in 1916. There are 19 golden stars on a blue field. The 13 stars in the outer circle represent the 13 original colonies of the United States of America; the 5 stars in a half circle represent the states admitted prior to Indiana (but after the original 13), and the larger star atop the flame of the torch of Liberty represents Indiana.

state dogs

I looked up all of the states on a webpage, and this was all I could find for state dogs:
Louisiana--Catahoula Leopard Dog
Maryland--Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Massachusetts--Boston Terrier
North Carolina--Plott hound (I don't know what this is)
South Carolina--Boykin Spaniel (don't know what this is either)
Virginia--American fox Hound
Wisconsin--American Water Spaniel
Pennsylvania--Great Dane